The Portland daily press., 1887-07-09
THE opoR OF FRESH BLOOD.
Its Marvellous Curative Powers In
Pulmonary Troubles.
New York Mail and Express ]

New York Mail and Express
Although consumption is as common and
fatal complaint in South America as in
any other portion of the globe, there is
class of persons resident in that country
among whom the dread seourge is said never
to have appeared. These are the inhabitants
of the saladeros-a place where cattle are
slaughtered and dressed, and where some
times the manufacture of beef extract is
carried on. gentleman recently returned
from the Argentine Republic, in talking of
the subject with a reporter, said: "In
former years cattle in my country, that is
South America, were slaughtered simply for
their hides, bones and tallow, which were
articles Of export. The meat, except such as
the butchers in the different cities chose to
carry away, was stacked out on the plains
and was eaten up by quicklime. The places
where the work of killing the cattle was and
Is carried on were and are still known as
saladeros. They are large inclosed spaces in
the open country, generally some distance
remote from other habitatiOns. The people
employed in the business live within the in
closure and form a little colony by thenl-
selves.
From 5000 to 10000 head Of cattle are
slaughtered in these saladeros every day
Necessarily. there is constant odor of fresh
blood, which to those unaccustomed to it is
decidedly unpleasant. Consumptions how
ever, has never been known among persons
who live In these saladeros, and, strange as
III may appear, persons who were so affected,
and through some circumstance or another
wentlnto one OF these places to live, have
speedily recovered. AT first the medical
men OF the country reasoned that their
diagnoses were In error, but as the result
| was the same time after time they came to
| look upon the matter in different light and
now declare that residence in saladeros
| VIII heal an liberated lung and entirely de-
stroy the germs OF consumption. The pro-
cess is slow, however, and a consumptve
! must be patient and content to live in one of
these places a considerable time.
PERSONS who go there and remain only
| little While show great Improvement. but
II they, come away before they are entirely
well they are liable to relapse into their
former state. l understand that a residence
of from eighteen months to two years in a
| saladores will cure almost any case Of
| phthlslS. One Ut the most notable cures,
and one that was primarily the cause of in
| quirles being made on the subject, was that
| OF Donna Fl0rentina de Cibels, wife of
| Jaime Cibels, of the firm of Cibels Her
manos, OF Buenos Ayres. Shortly after her
| marriage she developed unmistakable signs
| Of pulmonary trouble. The disease pro-
| gressed until she became very feeble, and the
| doctors advised her that she had not but
| short time to live. just about this time her
| husband was sent out to take personal
| charge Of one of his fathers saladeros, and
Mrs Cibels, though almost dead, went with
him. She had not lived there many months
signs Of improvement She remained there
with her husband for four years, and when,
at the end of that period, she left the place
all symptoms Of consumption had disappear
ed, and Mrs. Cibels is to-day as healthy
woman as lives in the republic"